When Ocean Ridge Police Officer Jimmy Pilon stopped a car on March 24 for having illegal window tinting, he was most likely thinking of issuing a routine warning or citation.
Instead, Pilon noticed the smell of marijuana and a backpack. Inside the backpack were 20 grams of pot, $4,000 in cash and a loaded .40 semi-automatic handgun, said Police Chief Scott McClure.
“We sent that gun for forensic testing. It was involved in a shooting in Boynton and a shooting in Delray,” the chief said.
He announced the arrest at the April 7 Town Commission meeting. “So he was in your town,” McClure told commissioners. “So we got the juvenile in juvie hall and the gun off the streets.”
McClure said he could not offer further details because Pilon was in the process of obtaining search warrants and there were pending investigations in Delray Beach and Boynton Beach.
Pilon will be honored at the May commission meeting.
“It’s just good police work,” McClure said. Pilon “stopped over 100 cars last month and gave out 120 tickets. The traffic is just picking up. The car traffic and the foot traffic.”
— John Pacenti
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